Ángela Labordeta de Grandes is a Spanish writer and journalist.
Biography
Ángela Labordeta was born in
Teruel
Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel (province), Teruel Province. It had a population of 35,900 as of 2022, making it the least populated provincial capital in Spain. It is noted for its har ...
,
Aragón
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, in 1967. She is the daughter of
José Antonio Labordeta
José Antonio Labordeta Subías (10 March 1935, in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain – 19 September 2010, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain) was a Spanish ( Aragonese) singer, songwriter, poet, writer and political activist. He was described by The ''Gran Enciclo ...
(brother of
Miguel Labordeta) and Juana de Grandes. Her siblings are Paula and Ana Labordeta. Her grandparents are Miguel Labordeta Palacio and Sara Subías Bardají. She lives in
Zaragoza
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, where she studied literature.
Her debut novel, ''Así terminan los cuentos de hadas'', was published in 1994. She is considered one of the most important
Spanish writers
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born in the 1960s.
In 2002, ''El novio de mi madre'' was published by Xordica.
Her fiction has been translated into
English. In 2006, "My Mother's Boyfriend" appeared in
''The Modern Review''. The English version of her story "Barcelona!!" has been accepted for publication.
Bibliography
Novels
*''Así terminan los cuentos de hadas'' (1994)
*''Rapitán'' (1997)
*''Bombones de licor'' (2000)
*''El novio de mi madre'' (2002, Xordica)
Stories
*"My Mother's Boyfriend
The Modern Review
External links
XordicaGEA Online
Sources
*Carmen de Urioste, "Narrative of Spanish Women Writers of the Nineties: An Overview"
''Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature'' Vol. 20, No. 2, Women Writing Across the World (Autumn, 2001), pp. 279–295
*José María Izquierdo, "Narradores españoles novísimos de los años noventa." ''Revista de estudios hispánicos.'' Washington University, 2001. 293–208.
References
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1967 births
Living people
Spanish women novelists
Spanish women journalists
Spanish women short story writers
Spanish short story writers
People from Teruel